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Monday, May 28, 2012

Not very pretty I know. Beige meat usually isn't. But don't let the bland color fool you. This low fat turkey chili is delicious. Here's the recipe from Allrecipes.com. Enjoy!

Ingredients

1 onion, chopped

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 1/2 pounds ground turkey

2 (4 ounce) cans canned green chile peppers, chopped

1 tablespoon ground cumin

1 tablespoon dried oregano

ground cayenne pepper to taste

3 (15 ounce) cans cannellini beans

5 cups chicken broth ( 4 cups is plenty)

2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese ( I use 1 cup lite Jack cheese)

Directions

In a large pot over medium heat, combine the onion,
garlic and ground turkey and saute for 10 minutes, or until turkey is
well browned. Add the chile peppers, cumin, oregano, cayenne
pepper to taste and saute 5 more minutes.

Add two cans of the beans and the chicken broth to
the pot. Take the third can of beans and puree them in a blender or food
processor. Add this to the pot along with the cheese. Stir well and
simmer for 10 minutes, allowing the cheese to melt.

Monday, May 21, 2012

Fresh berries and fruit are in abundance at all the grocery stores. Just look at the size of these sweet blackberries and the gorgeous green color of my juicy kiwi.. This was my snack when I came home from work today. So simple so delicious. I love this time of year.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

This dessert was an unexpected success. I was watching Giada one day and she made this delicious strawberry parfait. Her recipe called for a cup of heavy cream, whipped, mashed up strawberries with sugar and vanilla meringue cookies. I loved the look of Giada's dessert, but knew whipped cream was not going to be an ingredients in my reduced calorie version.
Here is my recipe.

Mix the Mascarpone into the vanilla bean yogurt, crumble one meringue cookie into the yogurt as well. Spoon half of the strawberries in a glass, top with yogurt , more strawberries and so on. Crumble the last cookie on top. Soooo good!